Last week I shared a few weird theories and a study about seemingly sentient plants.
Thinking through theories and reading scientific studies and journal articles makes me I wish I’d studied more math and science in school.
My grades were okay. I passed all the classes that were required to graduate. And I still remember a decent amount of what I learned.
So why is it that now when I try looking into the more advanced, theoretical topics, I find myself lacking the fundamentals to make sense of it all?
An equation like the one below might as well be ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, as far as my brain can tell:
This TED Talk on Teaching for Mastery by Sal Khan (founder of Khan Academy) explains one of the reasons why: